#AAA2C9#AAA2C9

#AAA2C9 is a light, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.056 H 294.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA2C9
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 201)
HSL	hsl(252, 27%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(252, 19%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 19.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 10.75, -18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 21.72, 299.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% 0.0233 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.056 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.0383, 38.6035, 60.5889)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA2C9 #C1C9A2

analogous

#A2ADC9 #AAA2C9 #BDA2C9

triadic

#AAA2C9 #C9AAA2 #A2C9AA

tetradic

#AAA2C9 #C9A2AD #C1C9A2 #A2C9BD

square

#AAA2C9 #C9A2AD #C1C9A2 #A2C9BD

split-complementary

#AAA2C9 #C9BDA2 #ADC9A2

monochromatic

#655898 #877BB3 #AAA2C9 #CDC9DF #EDECF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAA2C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#AAA2C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA2C9

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA2C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA2C9	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4A8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa2c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.056 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bdd9',
    500: '#aaa2c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa2c9;
$custom-light: #c3bdd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa2c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.308,
    "s": 26.531,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73219,
    "c": 0.0564,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA2C9

secondary

#E6E9DE

accent

#A54090

background

#FCFBFD

surface

#F8F6FA

border

#D1D0D3

text

#121214

muted

#818183

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA2C9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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